Nalini and Ana Maria Vitelaru together for 2024

2024 is the year of the partnership with Team Equa and, in particular, with the world handbike champion Ana Maria Vitelaru.
For those who don't know the story of the athlete, Ana Maria Vitelaru, in November 2017, finally got to ride her loved handbike, thanks to the "Obiettivo3" project of the champion Alex Zanardi and already in 2018, at the Coppa Europa in Marina di Massa, he immediately won 2 gold medals and was subsequently called up to the national team.
At the World Cup in Belgium she won 2 bronze medals, both in the road race and in the time trial. During the World Cup in Holland, she won a bronze and a silver medal, to conclude with the World Championships in Maniago, with 2 new bronze medals.
In 2019, at the European Cup in Marina di Massa and Verolanuova, Ana Maria won 4 gold medals, both on the road and in the time trial, while, at the World Cup in Corridonia, she became Leader with 2 gold medals gold.
Two years later, in 2021, she participated in the Tokyo Paralympics, after obtaining first place in the Italian championship.
In 2022 she wins a silver and a bronze medal at the world championship in Canada.

In 2023 Vitelaru won the European Paralympic Championships in road wh5, Italian Paralympic Championships in road Wh5, the Italian Paralympic Championships time trial Wh5, 4th Memorial Valter Corradin road and also time trial.

Vitelaru's palmares is breathtaking, but the objectives for 2024 are truly many.
“The biggest is certainly represented by the Paralympics in Paris, at the end of August - says Vitelaru - In the meantime, in January, I leave for a World Cup in Australia, in April another World Cup in Maniago, another in Belgium, then in June there will be the Italian championships which are always very important, because I intend to defend the Italian jersey, given that I have been Italian Road and Time Trial Champion for five years.”

The partnership with Nalini  started at an event organized by NuValley Adventures ASD, in Rovereto, a ride where Vitelaru was the godmother and the Mantua brand was the sponsor.

“Alongside the sponsorships of the Pro Teams - says Giuseppe Bovo, general director of Nalini - we believe it is equally important to support events, teams and cycling initiatives where inclusiveness and the most authentic sporting spirit win. We want to bring as many people as possible to discover and experience cycling with satisfaction and we do this by working alongside those who interpret and share this objective with us. From January 1st Nalini will dress the Equa team as technical sponsor. For us it is a privilege to collaborate with Ana Maria Vitelaru and all the athletes of the team, carrying forward together with them a strong message of encouragement to experience sport to overcome one's limits".